Best photos from around the country

May 6, 2013 |Compiled by Chronicle Photo Editors

Top images from around the US

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Jacob James nuzzles his 5-month-old daughter Annabelle after arriving on the USS John C. Stennis at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton on Friday, May, 3, 2013 in Bremerton, Wash. The ship with 3,000 sailors completed an eight-month deployment Friday afternoon that covered 66,000 miles through the western Pacific. The Navy says aircraft from its deck flew more than 1,300 missions in direct support of fighting in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Meegan M. Reid)

MEEGAN M. REID/Associated Press

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Jacob James nuzzles his 5-month-old daughter Annabelle after arriving on the USS John C. Stennis at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton on Friday, May, 3, 2013 in Bremerton, Wash. The ship with 3,000 sailors completed an eight-month deployment Friday afternoon that covered 66,000 miles through the western Pacific. The Navy says aircraft from its deck flew more than 1,300 missions in direct support of fighting in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Meegan M. Reid)